Friends (1999 film)
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| Friends | |
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| Directed by | Siddique |
| Written by | Siddique |
| Produced by | Ousepachan Vaalakuzhy Lal |
| Starring | Jayaram Mukesh Sreenivasan |
| Cinematography | Venu |
| Edited by | T. R. Shekhar K. R. Gourishankar |
| Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
Production company | Harisree Combines |
| Distributed by | Lal Creations |
Release date |
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Running time | 165 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Budget | ₹2 crore[1] |
| Box office | ₹11 crore[1] |
Friends is a 1999 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama film written and directed by Siddique, produced by Lal and starring Jayaram, Mukesh, and Sreenivasan with Meena, Divya Unni, Jagathy Sreekumar, V. K. Sreeraman, Janardhanan and Cochin Haneefa in supporting roles. It was the highest-grossing Malayalam film of the year, grossing around ₹11 crore at the box office against a budget of ₹ 2 crore.[1] It was later remade into Tamil with the same name (2001) and into Telugu as Snehamante Idera (2001) and Odia as Dosti.[2]
Plot[]
Friends Aravindan, Chandu and Joey value friendship over everything else, even family, and for this reason, Chandu resists the advances of Aravindan's sister Uma. When the trio take up a painter's job at a mansion, Aravindan falls in love with Padmini, who lives there and Padmini's jealous cousin makes him believe that his overtures are reciprocated. When the truth is revealed and Padmini rejects him outright, Chandu stands up for his friend and speaks ill of her. This makes her swear to separate the friends rest of the story forms the plot.
Cast[]
- Jayaram as Aravindan Menon
- Mukesh as Captain Chandu
- Sreenivasan as Chackachamparambil Joy
- Meena as Padmini, Aravindan's wife
- Divya Unni as Uma Menon, Aravindan's Sister
- Jagathi Sreekumar as Chackachamparambil Lasar
- V. K. Sreeraman as Justice Poonkulathu Shankara Menon, Aravindan's Father
- Janardhanan as Madhava Varma
- Cochin Haneefa as Manager Sundareshan
- T. P. Madhavan as Poonkulathu Damodhara Menon, Elder brother of Sankara Menon
- Sukumari as Damodhara Menon's wife
- Kavitha as Aravindan's Mother
- Zeenath as Lalitha,Madhava Varma's Wife
- Shilpa as Abhirami, Padmini's Cousin
- T. R. Omana as Madhava Varma's Mother
- Machan Varghese as Kunjappan
- Mani C. Kappan as Cyriac
- Joju George
- Kollam Ajith as Goonda
- Vaishnav Balachandran as Chandu, Aravindan's son
- Lal as himself in the song "Pularikkinnam")
Soundtrack[]
The film's soundtrack contains six songs, all composed by Ilaiyaraaja and Lyrics by Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri.
| # | Title | Singer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Kadal Kattin" | K. J. Yesudas |
| 2 | "Pularikkinnam" | M. G. Sreekumar, Chandrasekhar |
| 3 | "Panjami Thinkal" | M. G. Sreekumar |
| 4 | "Thankakkinaponkal" | K. J. Yesudas, K. S. Chitra |
| 5 | "Punnaram Poove" | K. S. Chitra |
| 6 | "Sivamallippoove" | K. S. Chitra |
| 7 | "Kadal Kattin" | Sujatha Mohan |
Box office[]
The film was the highest grossing Malayalam movie of 1999 and collected ₹11 crore at the box office against a budget of ₹ 2 crore.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d Radhakrishnan, M G (26 June 2000). "Friends". India Today. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Know about contractor Lasar Elayappan before you #Pray_for_Nesamani". OnManorama. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
External links[]
- 1999 films
- Malayalam-language films
- 1990s Malayalam-language films
- 1990s buddy films
- 1990s comedy-drama films
- Films directed by Siddique
- Indian films
- Indian buddy comedy-drama films
- Malayalam films remade in other languages
- Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja
- 1999 comedy films
- 1999 drama films